Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 August 1907 — To Keep Out, the Red Mites. [ARTICLE]

To Keep Out, the Red Mites.

We have finally succeeded in keeping the red chicken mite out of our poultry house, says George O. Brown in Philadelphia Farm Journal. We do It with two sets of perches, leaving one set out in the weather while the other one Is In use. The custom of the mite Is to repose on the under side of the perches and crawl upon the fowls at night when they are roosting. Changing about several times a year gives fresh, clean perches upon which the fowls gjay roost. This plan also obviates any danger from fowls becoming Infected with disease, as scaly leg, etc.